GENERAL LINGUISTICS WITH LABORATORY A - L

According to the Dublin descriptors, at the end of my course, students:

1) will know the elements and methods of analysis necessary to grasp the basic principles of the complex functioning and change of their own language, both oral and written, i.e. in a perspective synchronic, diachronic and typological analysis;

2) will get the skills necessary to consciously use the latest tools of Italian lexicography, for effective use of the vocabulary of the language in its various occasions;

3) will be able to analyze and understand word formation processes and multiword expressions.

Through lab work activities (hence the term "General Linguistics with Lab"), the student will be able to:

-       acquire the necessary phonetic transcription skills (eg, for the consultation of any dictionary, Italian and foreign);

-       understand and know to represent, according to certain theoretical data, the morphological structure of Italian words;

-       understand the lexical nature of idiomatic expressions;

The course is divided into two modules:

1. Fundamentals of linguistics. Levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics). Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics. Linguistic typology. Text linguistics.
2. Vocabulary and dictionaries: Linguistic and multimedia technology: vocabulary, dictionaries and dictionaries “dell’uso” (current use of language); characteristics of the main Italian monolingual dictionaries.

1. Basic principles of linguistics (5 ECTS)

Texts:

·       G. Graffi, S. Scalise, Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Il Mulino, 2013, pp. 344.

·       G. Gobber, M. Morani, Linguistica generale (il cap. 8 “Elementi di linguistica del testo”, pp. 133-146), 2014.

·       Lecture notes (available on STUDIUM).

*Non-attending students and those who want to better understand the topics in this module can also refer to:

-      A. Mioni, Fonematica contrastiva, Patron, 1973;

-      P. Maturi, I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell’italiano, Il Mulino, 2006.

-      M. Nespor, Fonologia, Il Mulino, 1993.

-      S. Scalise, Morfologia, il Mulino, 1994.

-      R.A. De Beaugrande, W.U. Dressler, Introduzione alla linguistica testuale, Il Mulino, 1994 [19811], pp. 1-28.

2. Vocabulary and dictionaries (4 ECTS)

Texts:

·       M. Aprile, Dalle parole ai dizionari, Il Mulino, 2015 [terza edizione], pp. 11-231.

·       Introduzione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 1999, vol. I, pp. VII-XLII (da integrare con le Introduzioni al Vol. VII [2004, pp. VII-XVI] e al vol. VIII [2007, pp. VII-XIII]).

·       Postfazione al Grande Dizionario della Lingua italiana (GraDIt), di T. De Mauro, Utet, Torino, 2000, vol. VI, pp. 1163-1183.

·       Presentazione - La trama del dizionario di F. Sabatini - V. Coletti, Dizionario della lingua italiana, Sansoni, Varese 2012, pp. 7-16.

·       M.Voghera, Polirematiche. in Grossmann M., Rainer F. (a cura di), La formazione delle parole in italiano, Tubingen, Niemeyer 2004, pp. 56-69.

·       Lecture notes (available on STUDIUM).

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